Torque Converter Help!!!!!!

[fourmustangs]

I would like to know how much a torque converter would help on my AOD 5.0?
It is pretty much stock..just pullies and exhaust and 3.55s out back..
it does 14.5 in the 1/4 and 95+ mph...with speed density.and 130000miles

I would like to know if I put a 2200-2600 stall how much would it improve....what kind of difference does the size make..stock 11+ or 10.5 or 9.5 inch??????

I will be putting in a B&M shift kit and a tranny cooler all at same time

let me know what everyone thinks

 

[davs5.0]

Give Andre at www.edgeracingconverters.com a call and ask his opinion. Don't forget to include everything done to it and what you plan for the future. With a good stall and some sticky tires (you'll need them) you can expect to gain around a half second or more depending on mods done to the car. I was running 14.0's with my car with the 3.55's. Going with a higher gear would help out with those times alot. Just going to a 3.90 gear from the 3.55, I dipped into the 13.80's.
The smaller size stall has less rotational mass and will spool up faster. The larger diameter does contain more fluid so it takes longer to heat it up but a good cooler will take care of any extra heat generated by a smaller diameter converter.
Do yourself a favour and forget the B&M shift kit. Look into the Transgo or Baumann kits. Way better kit, much more tunable in terms of rpm, shift firmness etc.

 

[90mustangGT]

Good advise from davs5.0. Definatly get a good cooler, such as the B&M Supercooler, a higher stall speed converter makes a lot more heat. Another thing to consider is that you have probally a stock 130K mile AODE. Auto's usually are on the downturn, you might drive it over the line. If I were you, I would go ahead and have a soft parts rebuild done to it while having the shift kit put in as well as the converter and cooler. I think in the long run this will save you time/money/headaches as well as you being happier with it. Stock auto's suck, but built auto's kick ass.

 

[rd]

The converter should make a huge difference. At least a 1/2 sec or more. With the aod's you can go high on the stall for best performance, and if you keep the lockup, still have the mileage, etc of stock. You will only have the heat buildup when you are not in lockup mode.

 

[$uperstang]

Call Andre at Edge racing he will hook you up. Ditch The B&M shift kit and get a Transgo!!!

 

[ninety1gt]

whats the highest stall can you go with stock cam????

 

[90mustangGT]

You could get a 5000rpm stall speed converter but it wouldn't really bennifit you very much. Since the peak torque of the 5.0 in near stock condition is 3200rpm, I would suggest a 3000-3500rpm stall speed. Lockups are awesome because there will be no difference in higher gears, but the down low will be so much better. It's a different kind of car buy my buddy's 95 LT1 Z28 Camaro has a Art Carr converter which he had made for his car. The stall speed is about 3000rpm. The drivability is the same as the stock converter, in fact you can't even tell, until you put down the gas and it's a night and day difference.

 

[davs5.0]

I ran the 3000 9.5" in mine with stock h/c/i and it was low 14's all day long and still drove like stock. Edge makes awesome converters.

 

[$uperstang]

I ran the 3000 9.5" in mine with stock h/c/i and it was low 14's all day long and still drove like stock. Edge makes awesome converters.

Wow when mine was stock with the stock converter I ran a 14.4.

 

[luckythirteen13]

2200-2600 will do nothing. i talked to andre at edge racing last month about getting a converter for my car. he said nothing under 2800 will make much of a noticable difference. id go 3000 if i was you. he told me to go 3200 lock up which is what im ordering as soon as my tax check comes

 

[davs5.0]

Wow when mine was stock with the stock converter I ran a 14.4.

Stock tires were really killing the car. And it always seemed a little slower than it should be but its consistent and thats what I shoot for.